July 31, 1980

The Phils got to enjoy this off day a little more than the previous one, as they had won three out of four against West Division leading Houston.  They still saw themselved in third, three games behind Pittsburgh and one and a half behind second place Montreal.  While they must have felt pretty good looking ahead to the second half of their 12-game homestand, the Phils would find the beginning of August perhaps the most tumultous portion of their season.

NL East Standings after games of July 31, 1980

Team

Wins

Losses

Pct.

GB

Pirates

56

44

.560

-

Expos

54

45

.545

1½

Phillies

52

46

.531

3

Mets

48

51

.485

7½

Cardinals

45

55

.450

11

Cubs

40

57

.412

14½

Scoreboard

National League

 

STL N   0 3 0   0 0 0   0 1 0 -   4 10 3

SF  N   3 0 0   0 0 0   2 1 x -   6  9 2

WP: Lavelle (4-5)

LP: Urrea (3-1)

SV: Holland (4)

HR: Herndon (7)

 

American League

 

CAL A   1 0 2   0 2 0   0 0 1 -   6 13 1

DET A   7 0 1   2 2 1   0 2 x -  15 18 0

WP: Wilcox (11-6)

LP: Aase (5-13)

SV: Rozema (2)

HR: Lansford (11), Baylor (3), Kemp (10)

 

BOS A   0 0 0   0 0 0   0 1 2 -   3  9 3

KC  A   1 0 1   2 1 5   3 0 x -  13 17 0

WP: Leonard (11-8)

LP: Eckersley (6-10)

HR: Rice (14), McRae (8)

 

NY  A   0 1 0   0 0 0   0 2 3   0 1 -   7 12 2

MIL A   1 0 1   0 0 0   4 0 0   0 0 -   6 12 2

WP: Gossage (5-1)

LP: Flinn (1-1)

HR: Jackson (29), Cooper (14)

 

BAL A   0 0 0   0 1 1   0 0 2 -   4  8 4

TEX A   4 0 1   2 0 0   0 0 x -   7 14 0

WP: Jenkins (9-9)

LP: Stone (16-4)

SV: Darwin (2)

HR: Roenicke (5)

Transactions

Phillies

None

 

National League

None

 

American League

None